Application to resit exams abroad
Students from outside the UK who have in-person resit exams in August or September may be permitted to sit them at an approved
overseas venue in their country of residence instead of returning to the University of Essex. Permission
to take an exam overseas is at the discretion of the relevant academic department(s) and the Exams Office –
it is not an automatic right. If overseas arrangements cannot be made for any reason, you will need
to return to the University for your resit exams.
Where the exam is remote, there is no need to apply to sit the exam outside the UK.
For further details please read the University's policy on Overseas Examinations.
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Eligibility for overseas exams
Overseas exams are not available in all countries and not all students and modules are eligible. Examples of students that are not eligible are:
- Candidates taking an exam that requires the use of a computer, regardless of whether the facilities exist at the overseas venue. This is because there is no technical support and the Exams Office cannot verify the integrity of the machine being used.
- Candidates with individual exam arrangements, such as extra time, rest breaks, adapted furniture, or use of a computer, reader or scribe. This is because we cannot guarantee that the overseas venues can provide the same level of support offered on campus.
- Candidates residing in a country where there is no exams service for UK universities operated by the British Council or other authorised providers. In these cases, candidates may choose to travel to a country where the service is available, instead of returning to the UK.
- Candidates residing in countries where the time difference is more than five hours behind or more than eight hours ahead of the UK. This is because it is physically impossible for students in these countries to take an exam during British Council opening hours at the same time as candidates in the UK. It may be possible to make special arrangements for a student if they are the only candidate resitting an exam – please contact the Exams Office to confirm.
- Candidates travelling or taking holidays abroad. This is not a valid reason for taking exams overseas.
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Approved locations for overseas exams
- Albania (Tirana)
- Armenia (Yerevan)
- Australia (Edgecliff NSW)
- Austria (Vienna)
- Azerbaijan (Baku)
- Bahrain (Manama)
- Bangladesh (Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet)
- Bermuda (Paget)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
- Botswana (Gaborone)
- Brazil (São Paulo)
- Brunei Darussalam (Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Belait)
- Bulgaria (Sofia)
- Canada (Toronto)
- Chile (Santiago)
- China (Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai)
- Croatia (Zagreb)
- Cyprus (Nicosia)
- Czech Republic (Prague)
- Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo)
- Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
- France (Paris)
- Georgia (Tbilisi)
- Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki)
- Hong Kong (Admiralty)
- Hungary (Budapest)
- India (Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai)
- Indonesia (Jakarta)
- Italy (Milan, Rome)
- Japan (Osaka, Tokyo)
- Jordan (Amman)
- Kazakhstan (Almaty, Astana)
- Kenya (Nairobi)
- Kosovo (Prishtina)
- Kuwait (Kuwait City)
- Lebanon (Beirut)
- Libya (Tripoli)
- Lithuania (Vilnius)
- Malawi (Blantyre, Lilongwe)
- Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
- Mauritius
- Mexico (Mexico City)
- Montenegro (Podgorica)
- Mozambique (Maputo)
- Myanmar/Burma (Mandalay, Rangoon)
- Namibia (Windhoek)
- North Macedonia (Skopje)
- Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt)
- Oman (Muscat)
- Pakistan (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar Saddar)
- Palestinian Territories (East Jerusalem, Ramallah)
- Philippines (Pasig City)
- Poland (Bialystok, Cracow, Czestochowa, Gdansk, Katowice, Kielce, Lodz, Lublin, Olsztyn, Poznan, Rzeszow, Szczecin, Warsaw)
- Qatar (Doha)
- Romania (Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi)
- Rwanda (Kigali)
- Saudi Arabia (Al Khobar, Jeddah, Riyadh)
- Serbia (Belgrade)
- Sierra Leone (Freetown)
- Singapore
- Slovakia (Bratislava)
- Slovenia (Ljubljana)
- South Africa (Cape Town, Johannesburg)
- South Korea (Seoul)
- South Sudan (Juba)
- Spain (Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia)
- Sri Lanka (Colombo, Jaffna, Kandy)
- Sudan (Khartoum)
- Switzerland (Bern)
- Taiwan (Taipei)
- Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
- Thailand (Bangkok)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia (Tunis)
- Türkiye (Ankara, Istanbul)
- Uganda (Kampala)
- United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah)
- United States of America (New York)
- Uzbekistan (Tashkent)
- Venezuela (Caracas)
- Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)
- Yemen (Sana’a)
- Zambia (Lusaka)
- Zimbabwe (Bulawayo, Harare)
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Departments offering overseas resits
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Overseas exam fees
University of Essex overseas exam fee
Students will be charged £150 if arrangements are made for them to sit one or more exams overseas. This fee covers all exams in the August and September resit period of the current academic year.
The fee can be paid online via a dedicated link, which will be sent to successful applicants by email on 2 August. The charge should be paid by 12 August. If the charge is not paid by that date, it will be added to the student's University account as a debt. Students in debt may still take their exams overseas, but they will not be able to register for the next stage of their course or graduate until the balance is cleared.
Overseas venue fee
In addition to the University’s overseas exam fee, the overseas venue will charge you a separate fee for their invigilation and courier costs. The fee varies by country and city and must be paid directly to the organisation hosting the overseas exam (usually the British Council).
The overseas venue will provide details of the charge and how and when it should be paid. Overseas venues will not normally allow a candidate to sit an exam until their fee has been paid.
If you encounter difficulties in contacting the overseas venue to arrange the payment, you should notify the University Exams Office. The University will not pay the fee on the student’s behalf.
Please note that both fees will apply in full regardless of whether the exam is a resit or an uncapped first-sit.
Deadline for receipt of applications
Sunday 21 July 2024. Late applications will not be considered.
Application form
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